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Broken Engagements
- The Action for Breach of Promise of Marriage and the Feminine Ideal, 1800-1940
part of the Oxford Studies in Modern Legal History series
- Binding:
- Hardback
- Pages:
- 240
- Published:
- February 10, 2010
- Dimensions:
- 164x242x19 mm.
- Weight:
- 514 g.
Delivery:
2-3 weeks
Expected delivery: March 30, 2025
About Saskia (Research Fellow at the University of Regensburg and S.J.D. Candidate at Harvard Law School) Lettmaier
View all books by Saskia (Research Fellow at the University of Regensburg and S.J.D. Candidate at Harvard Law School) LettmaierDescription of Broken Engagements
This book explores ideals of femininity during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by charting responses to broken engagements. Interweaving a history of the legal remedies available for a broken promise of marriage with literary accounts from Dickens to Wodehouse, the book offers a major insight into modern attitudes to female identity.
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